Suspension-bracket.



P. E. WALDEN. SUSPENSION BRACKET. APPLICATION FILED APR. 30,1904.

PATENTED FEB. 13, 1906.

' Q FrederickE.Wt/flflen UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE. FREDERICK E.WALDEFITIFTWOROESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

SUSPENSION-BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1906.

Application filed April 30, 1904. Serial No. 205,722.

To 1,1,7] whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK E. WAF- DEN, a citlzen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Worcester, in the county of Worcester, Stateof Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSuspension-Brackets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1is a perspective view of said device complete. Fig. 2 is a side view ofthe same folded into its smallest compass; and Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of the device, showing it attached to the side of ahouse andsupporting a paint-pot.

The hook 1, designed for the engagement of the bail of a paint-pot orother pail or object, is formed at the outer end of the shank 2, theinner end of which is bifurcated horizontally. Such bifurcations 3 areprovided with upwardly-projecting spurs 4, designed to be driven upbehind the lower edge of a clapboard. In a split 5 at the junction ofsaid bifurcations is pivoted the brace 10, whose lower end is bent upinto a hook 12 and which is formed with the spur 11, projecting downwardand rearward from the juncture of said hook and brace. By first drivingthe spurs 4 up behind a clapboard or similar portion of a building towhich it is wished to apply this holder and then pressing the spur 11into the woodwork beneath the device is ready for use. Ordinarily it isunnecessary to drive the spurs 4 up into engagement with the woodwork,inasmuch as the pressure of a pail depending from the hook 1 issuflicient to cause the spurs 4 and 11 to penetrate the wood enough forsecurity by simply placing the parts in the positions shown.

To disengage the holder from the woodwork, an upward blow appliedbeneath the hook 1. releases the spur 11 from the wood and may alsodisengage the spurs 4 at the same time. If not, then a slight downwardblow upon the bifurcations after the spur 11 is withdrawn will readilyfree the spurs 4 from their confining woodwork. Although I have shownthis holder as attached to the clapboards of a building, any other partof the structure will serve equally well, provided there is anoverhanging ledge of wood, or even brick, into which the spurs 4 canpenetrate, and a more or less vertical face for the spur 11. The hook 12is designed for a ladder or other heavy object to be suspended from, theupper rung of the ladder being caught in said hook and being supportedthereon with a strength commensurate with the resistance of the bodypenetrated by the spur 1 1.

The pivoted end 13 of the brace 10 is somewhat oifset, as shown in Fig.3, in order to permit said brace to be folded up close to the hook 1 andits shank 2, as shown in Fig. 2. The joint 14 can be made slightly looseto permit the two hooks to bring them into the nesting position shown,or the terminal portion of the hook 12 may be given a lateral bend forthe same purpose. With the parts thus folded together the holder is of amore convenient dimension for storage and transportation.

What I claim as my invention, and for which I desire Letters Patent, isas follows, to wit:

In a painters hook, the combination of the member having the hook at oneend and a pair of upwardly-reaching engaging spurs at its other end, andthe brace pivoted between said spurs at one end and having thedownwardly-projecting spur near its other end and the large hook; saidparts being arranged to permit Said shank to be swung up parallel withsaid member with its large hook encircling'the smaller hook of saidmember.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing invention I have hereunto set myhand this 27th day of April, 1904.

FREDERICK E. WALDEN.

Witnesses:

F. I. BLAKE, A. B. UPHAM.

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